It's amazing just how many
times this live show has been released. This is now my third copy with yet another
title. Have to say, however, that this is the best one yet. The sound is improved
with a bit of mastering. The packaging is much nicer than any others I have
seen. The 8 page booklet includes photos of the early Alice Cooper band and
a good write up of this show along with those early, formative years of Alice
Cooper band. According to the notes this show was recorded at the Rock'n'Revival
show at the University of Toronto's Varsity Stadium on September, 13 1969. Once
again, as with the other two discs I own, the track listing is jumbled around
although I have no idea what the correct order is.

Not sure if this is a bootleg
or an official release, but it's basically a recording of an early Alice show
(1969?) when the band was more into the psychadelic stuff than the heavy shock
rock stuff they would soon become known for. The sound quality is of bootleg
qualtity. "Goin' to the River" and "Ain't that Just Like a Woman"
sound like studio tracks and are obviously not recorded from the same place
& time as the rest of the material. Also, as seems to be the norm for bootlegs,
the track listing is all messed up on the back of the disc and the cover photo
is obviously not from the same time period as this boot was recorded.

Yet another bootleg take
off of "Freak Out," the infamous 1969 Toronto show. This particular show has
been released under more titles than I can even remember. "Snorting Anthrax"
has slightly better packaging than most. Of course with bootlegs, there is the
'genius in packaging' rule that takes place. In 1969 Alice was not yet wearing
his infamous makeup.

Despite the title, from
the sources I checked, most of the material on this album was recorded between
'75 & '78 and is taken from various shows. The disc itself was released
in 1993. The music contained herein is all stellar material. The sound quality
is excellent. Some of the material on this disc is even better than the officially
released live disc "The Alice Cooper Show."

Where this disc was actually
recorded is a mystery. According to the liner notes, most of the material was
recorded live in Saginaw, MI October 9, 1978. The remaining material, according
to the notes, was recorded somewhere in the U.S. in 1969-70. Of course everyone
knows how reliable liner notes are on bootlegs. On this one, however, at least
they got the track listing and even the times correct. Overall, despite slightly
fluctuating sound quality from song to song this is a very listenable bootleg.
Gotta love that cheesy cover art.

A limited edition, numbered
(No. 02605) European Tour CD that includes an bonus disc of live material, an
extensive biographical interview with Alice and a video for "It's the Little
Things" that is playable on a PC (or Mac). Of course it is the live material
and the interview that I was most interested in, as well as the collectability
of this disc. I was very curious to hear Alice cover The Who's "My Generation"
as well. The cover art is exactly the same as the regular release, but this
special edition comes wrapped in a slip cover. This disc was a Christmas gift
from a friend in Germany. (Thanks Olaf)

A special edition of "Dragontown"
that comes wrapped up in a white and foil embossed slip case. The extra disc
has four songs, a out take from the "Dragontown" cd, two excellent
live tracks, and extended remix version of Brutal Planet. There is also two
excellent videos from "Brutal Planet.". I personally enjoyed the ending
to "Gimme". If you haven't seen the video, I don't want to ruin it
for you, however, I laughed out loud. It's well worth seeing. For a review of
"DragonTown," see the Official
Alice Cooper CD Collection.